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Bloodsword83
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March 31st, 2004 17:00
redhat linux on a dimension 4600
heres the deal. i'm trying to install Red Hat Linux on a Dell dimension 4600. i boot from the cd and go through some of the steps, and then when it askes about partioning, i select either option and it says that it cannot detect anything to create a new partion on. help me please!
ThatEvoGuy
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Posted April 2nd, 2004 16:00
Are you hard drive(s) SATA drives?
Bloodsword83
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Posted April 2nd, 2004 16:00
what do you mean configured? I'm running windows XP with 3.2 gig processor and a gig of RAM.Bloodsword83
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Posted April 2nd, 2004 19:00
I believe so.ThatEvoGuy
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Posted April 2nd, 2004 19:00
I think that RH9 does NOT support SATA drives.
Fedora Core 2 does (supposed to), but core 2 is currently in test, and may not be stable (depending on what you plan on doing, I would wait until the stable version is ready).
As soon as my new 8300 comes, the first thing I'm going to try is to install Fedora Core 1, since I will have SATA drives in this system.
ThatEvoGuy
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Posted April 8th, 2004 11:00
If you are not set on RH9, I suggest downloading Fedore Core 1 from fedora.redhat.com.
I had NO problems with my fresh FC1 install last night on my Dimension 8300 with 2 SATA drives. I was not sure that FC1 supported SATA, but it does.
Hope that helps.
ThatEvoGuy
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Posted April 2nd, 2004 11:00
How is your PC configured?